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TL0997 : Battle of Britain 4-6-2 Pacific class locomotive at Wansford station on the Nene Valley Railway

taken 2 years ago, near to Sibson, Cambridgeshire, England

Battle of Britain 4-6-2 Pacific class locomotive at Wansford station on the Nene Valley Railway
Battle of Britain 4-6-2 Pacific class locomotive at Wansford station on the Nene Valley Railway
The ex-British Railways Bulleid Battle of Britain 4-6-2 Light Pacific class locomotive no. 34081 - "92 Squadron" - is seen at Wansford station on the Nene Valley Railway (NVR). It was built at BR's Brighton works and entered mainline service in September 1948.
No. 34081 was withdrawn from mainline operation by BR in August 1964 and was later sold for scrap. It was acquired by its current owner, the Battle of Britain Locomotive Society (BBLS), in 1973. The locomotive was transferred to the NVR for restoration in December 1976, with the work being completed in 1998. After operating on a number of heritage railways, no. 34081 commenced an overhaul at the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) in 2008 and re-entered service on the NVR in February 2017.
Wansford station was opened on the Blisworth to Northampton and Peterborough line of the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) in June 1845. It closed to general passenger traffic in July 1957 and for freight traffic in July 1964. The station was reopened as part of the NVR in June 1977.
The NVR was opened by the Peterborough Railway Society (PRS) in 1974. It began operating passenger services in June 1977 and now ranks as one of the United Kingdom's leading heritage railways. The seven-and-a-half-mile route runs between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. The NVR is a popular venue for location filming and has appeared in the James Bond movies "Octopussy" and "GoldenEye" and the BBC television drama series "Secret Army" and "Casualty" amongst others.

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TL0997, 254 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Paul Bryan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 18 August, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 0919 9788 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:34.0679N 0:23.4266W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 0918 9789
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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